MAWS - showing resource: horshoes

title	American Horseshoes (US)
set name	horshoes
manufacturer	Taito America Corporation
year	1990
genre	Sports (hof)
category	Sports / Horseshoes (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	taito_l.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| select / EJ: in game / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	64.8% after 32 votes

colour emulation	good
palette	256
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	224x320
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	1
nplayers	4P alt
controls	trackball
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 6.66528MHz
audio	YM2203 @ 3.33MHz

version added

.036b04

last change(s)

.123u3

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
c47-03.ic6	131072	37e15b20	horshoes	85baa0ee553e4c9fed38294ba8912f18f519e62f
c47-02.ic5	131072	35f96526	horshoes	e7f9b33d82b050aff49f991aa12db436421caa5b
c47-01.ic11	131072	031c73d8	horshoes	deef972fbf226701f9a6469ae3934129dc52ce9c
c47-04.ic4	131072	aeac7121	horshoes	cf67688cde14d452da6d9cbd7a81593f4048ce77
c47-05.ic10	131072	b2a3dafe	horshoes	5ffd3e296272ef3f31432005c827f057aac79497

cabinet	horshoes.png
marquee	horshoes.png
control panel	horshoes.png
flyer	horshoes.png
PCB	horshoes.png

info

0.36b4 [Olivier Galibert]

WIP:

0.123u3: Fixed rom names and gfx1 rom loading.
0.122u2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6665280 Hz and YM2203 to 3330000 MHz.
0.82u2: Brian Troha added dipswitches 'Demo Sounds', 'Service Mode' and 'Flip Screen'.
0.81u8: Brian Troha added dipswitches 'Beer Frame Message', 'Price to Continue', 'Bonus Advantage', 'Scoring Speed' and 'Grip/Angle Select'.
0.37b12: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', 'Time' and 'Innings'.
0.37b11: Added dipswitches 'Coinage' and 'Price to Continue'.
0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz.
0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Cabinet', 'Flip Screen', 'Demo Sounds' and 'Coin A/Coin B'.
0.36b4: Olivier Galibert added American Horseshoes (US) (Taito 1990).
26th August 1999: Olivier Galibert sent in a Taito system L driver with support for American Horseshoes, Cachat, Champion Wrestler, Fighting Hawk, Palamedes, Plotting, Puzznic and Raimais. None of them have sound though, and some have graphic bugs.

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Romset: 640 kb / 5 files / 262 zip

history

American Horseshoes (c) 1990 Taito.

A 1- to 4-players horseshoe game. Each players can choose from one of four characters. There are 2 pitches in each inning. Players may select grip and throwing angle prior to each pitch. The rolling of the trackball determines the distance of each pitch. After each inning the scoring with shown with an overhead shot of the stake area. Each player's score is shown througout the game at the top of the screen. At the end of each 3 innings the players may continue by inserting additional credits. Up to 9 innings can be played per game.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito L System hardware

Prom Stickers : C47

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 1

Control : Trackball

Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1990.

- SCORING -

Ringer (A horseshoe which wraps around the stake) : 3 points.

Leaner (A horsehoe which rests against the stake) : 2 points.

Landing within the stake area : 1 points.

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Machine's picture.

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resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

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